NASA Releases Apollo Moon Mission Photos

View of the earth, moon, and lunar module during ascent. Image was taken during the Apollo 11 mission. Original film magazine was labeled V. Film Type: S0-368 color taken with a 80mm lens. NASA Photo

Mission commander Neil Armstrong back aboard the Lunar Excursion Module 'Eagle' after he and Buzz Aldrin were the first human beings to explore the surface of our moon, July 20, 1969. NASA Photo

Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin descends from the Lunar Excursion Module 'Eagle' to the surface of the moon. NASA Photo

Buzz Aldrin salutes the U.S. flag on the surface of the moon. NASA Photo

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the moon near the leg of the Lunar Module "Eagle" during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera. NASA Photo

This photograph is the first in a sequence of pictures Neil Armstrong took of Buzz Aldrin from Apollo 11 carrying the EASEP out to the deployment site a short way south of the spacecraft. In this picture, he is walking across the raised rim of the small crater. NASA Photo